MEDical wards Invasive Candidiasis ALgorithms (MEDICAL):Consensus proposal for management
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0953-6205
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.07.007